[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR26.41]

[Page 274]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          SUBTITLE A--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 26--PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart C--Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting
 
Sec. 26.41  What is the role of the statutory 10 percent goal in this program?


    (a) The statutes authorizing this program provide that, except to 
the extent the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent 
of the authorized funds are to be expended with DBEs.
    (b) This 10 percent goal is an aspirational goal at the national 
level, which the Department uses as a tool in evaluating and monitoring 
DBEs' opportunities to participate in DOT-assisted contracts.
    (c) The national 10 percent goal does not authorize or require 
recipients to set overall or contract goals at the 10 percent level, or 
any other particular level, or to take any special administrative steps 
if their goals are above or below 10 percent.